Barnstable Town, MA 02670 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barnstable Town, MA, ZIP 02670
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Barnstable Town, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Barnstable Town has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
About 204 days separate Barnstable Town's last and first frost, putting it 16,497 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 79 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02670 normal.